霊れい台だい

noun

observatory (archaic)

Archaic term for an observatory used for astronomy, cloud-watching, or similar purposes in pre-modern Japan.

• 昔むかしの中ちゅう国ごくや日本にほんでは、霊れい台だいと呼よばれる天てん文もん観かん測そくのための施し設せつがあった。

  In ancient China and Japan, there were facilities called 霊台 for astronomical observation.

noun

astronomical expert (archaic, abbreviation)

Archaic abbreviation of 霊台郎, referring to an official astronomer or astrologer in the old court system.

See also: 霊台郎 · 天文博士

• 霊れい台だいは、かつて宮きゅう中ちゅうで天てん文もんを司つかさどる役やく職しょくの略りゃく称しょうとして使つかわれた。

  霊台 was once used as an abbreviation for the court position in charge of astronomy.

noun

seat of the soul (archaic)

Archaic philosophical or religious term for the place where the soul or spirit resides, possibly influenced by Chinese thought.

• 古こ典てんでは、心こころや魂たましいの宿やどる場ば所しょを霊れい台だいと表ひょう現げんすることがある。

  In classical texts, the place where the mind or soul dwells is sometimes called 霊台.